Williams takes command in
8-1 win
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Junior righthander Ryan Williams parceled out
seven hits and one run over eight innings and was backed up by a 13-hit
offensive attack as East Carolina thumped St. John's 8-1 Saturday afternoon
at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Displaying consistent control, Williams (2-0)
worked efficiently, facing only 29 batters and throwing 68 strikes in 100
pitches. The transfer from West Valley (CA) College struck out one and
walked one in picking up his second victory of the season.
Senior second baseman Bryan Bass and freshman
catcher Luke Lowery each scored a pair of runs and went 3-for-4 at the plate
to account for almost half of the Pirates' hits. Bass also had an RBI.
Junior designated hitter Drew Reynolds came
through with two hits and two RBIs and senior outfielder Philip Clark added
a hit and a pair of RBIs for the Pirates.
Williams got all the runs he needed when ECU
put up two first inning runs on an RBI sacrifice fly by junior first baseman
Chase McDonald and a fielder's choice grounder by sophomore outfielder Nick
Thompson.
Senior righthander Andy Smithmyer took over
for Williams to start the ninth and logged a scoreless, one-hit inning.
Junior outfielder Martin Kelly had three hits
and scored the Red Storm's only run in the sixth inning on sophomore third
baseman Zach Lauricella's RBI double.
St. John's starter Sean Hagan (1-2) absorbed
the loss. The senior southpaw was roughed up for 10 hits and eight runs,
seven earned, in 5 1/3 innings.
Hagan went to the showers when five of the six
batters he faced in the sixth had base hits to launch a five-run outburst
that broke the game open.
The teams will wrap up their three-game set on
Sunday at 1 p.m.
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03/03/13 02:43 PM.
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